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A peek at how beer is made in a microbrewery

Take a little peek in the Kernel microbrewery in South London. One of many new kids on the British beer block who are bucking the downward national trend in beer drinking. Where once the big, multi-national beer corporations accounted for the lion's share of brewery growth, now small, independent brewers with names like Beavertown Neck Oil, East London Jamboree and Hackney Hopster that are leading the way.

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Brewer Chrigl Luthy cleans out the malt and spent grain from the mash tun used in the brewing process to create an India Pale Ale at The Kernel micro-brewery in London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

Brewers Joby Williams checks a sample of the wort, a sugary solution by-product of the brewing process, during the creation of an India Pale Ale beer at The Kernel micro-brewery in London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

Brewer Toby Munn holds a sample of the wort, a sugary solution by-product of the brewing process, during the creation of an India Pale Ale beer at The Kernel micro-brewery in London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

Run-off from the wort, a sugary solution by-product of the brewing process, makes streaks on the floor during the creation of an India Pale Ale beer at The Kernel micro-brewery in London. LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS